To analyze sex- and education-specific trajectories of health deficits accumulation (DA) throughout old age and to examine whether these trajectories differ according to health domains.
Frailty phenotype (FP) has low sensitivity toward the identification of older people who will lose 1 or more activities of daily living. Nevertheless, the definition of disability in terms of activities of daily living may not resemble the pattern...
The aim of this study is to examine the association of successful aging with mortality and further find gender differences in the effect of components of successful aging on mortality risks.
Many cities claim to have something for everyone, but Atlanta delivers on that promise. Society members coming to the city for next month’s annual conference will find something just right for them. Whether they’re planning dinner with colleagues or...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join As chair of the Annual Conference Program Planning Subcommittee, Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD, is always talking and listening to Society members about what issues and kinds of education they want and need. For...
For several years, leaders in home-based medical care (HBMC) have endeavored to develop standards for primary care and palliative care in the home setting. The recent paper by Christine Ritchie et al1 is yet another contribution to this multifaceted...
While the number of prescribing clinicians (physicians and nurse practitioners) who provide any nursing home care remained stable over the past decade, the number of clinicians who focus their practice exclusively on nursing home care has increased...
The existing literature has shown that different factors related to nutrition can affect frailty.1 In our previous work, we had observed a beneficial effect of Mediterranean Diet on the prevalence of frailty. In the current study, we opted to...
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.05.019 ) “Gait Speed Assessment in Older Adults: A Comparison Among Walk Tests, a Portable Gait Analysis Device and Self-Report”.
The Authors wish to make a correction to their article published in JAMDA ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2014.10.014 ) “The Vegetative State: Prevalence, Misdiagnosis, and Treatment Limitations”.
